End-gate for dumping-wagons.



PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906-.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9. 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed August 9.1905- Serial No. 273,359-

To all whmn it Huey concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HovAs, of New York, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin EndrGates for Dumping-Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved endate forvehicles, especially dumping-vehicles, provided with a body designed tobe tilted to discharge the load, said gate being so arranged andconstructed that it may be readily opened by the attendant when thevehicle-body is in the tilted position and being provided with meanswhereby the gate when opened will always remain open to its full extentuntil the entire load has been discharged and it is desired that itshall again be closed when the vehicle-body has been returned to itsnormal horizontal position, thereby avoiding the defects which afreely-closing end-gate would occasion, owing to its weight being alwaysexerted against the discharging load, tending to choke thedischarge-opening and prevent a free delivery.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of adumping-vehicle embodying the improvements of my invention. Fig. 2 is asimilar view illustrating a modification residing in the location of theend-gate with respect to the vehicle-body. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the end-gate in open position and with its imlatching-lever showndetached. Fig. 4 is a detail or fragmentary view in section.

The body 1 of the dumping-vehicle is designed to tilt to discharge itsload and is preferably constructed throughout of sheetmetal. It isentirely and permanently closed, except feed-openings controlled bydoors 2 and a dischargeopening in its rear, cont-rolled by an end-gate3. This end-gate is hinged at its upper edge and is provided on itsouter face with an eccentrically-pivoted latch-bar 4, designed to rock,so that its ends will engage with hooks 5 at the rear of the sides ofthe body 1. One of said hooks is downwardly-facing, while the otherfaces upwardly. In order to rock the latch-bar out of engagement withthe hooks 5, I have provided an unlatching-lever 6, which is fulcrumedon a stud 7, projecting from one of the rear end rests on the ground.

hooks 5, preferably the runvardly-facing hook. The said lever liesagainst the side of the hook with its weight so disposed that itnormally will be in contact with the lower side of the adjacentprotruding end of the latch-bar. The said bar is limited in its swingingmovement by stop-pins 8 on the end-gate. In order to maintain theendgate when opened :in a wide-open position, it is provided at one orboth of its sides with an upwardly-breaking rule-joint strut 9.

It will be observed that in Fig. 1 the endgate is located below themeeting flanges 10, that secure together the upper section or top 1 ofthe vehicle-body and the lower or bottom section 1 thereof, while inFig. 2 the end-gate forms a part of said upper section. The object ofshowing these two different constructions is that Fig. 1 'llustrates adumping-vehicle as it would appear if constructed outright with myinvention in View, while Fig. 2 illustrates how my invention may beapplied to an already-constructed open-top sheet-metal dumping-vehicleof the kind now commonly employed. In the latter instance the inventionpractically constitutes part of a cover for the vehicle.

WVhen it is desired to empty the dumpingvehicle, the body is firsttilted so that its Then the attendant by simply pressing hisfoot againstthe unlatching-lever can disengage the latchbar from its fastenings, theend-gate will swing open, and the strut 9 straighten out to maintain itin wide-open position until the entire load has been discharged. Theattendant may then return the body lito its normal horizontal positionand readily close the end-gate. As the attendants hands may be engagedin holding the body in tilted position until the end-gate is opened, itis manifest that the construction and arrangement herein describedwhereby he may open the end-gate readily with his foot is advantageous.

I claim as my invention 1. In a vehicle of the class described, a bodyprovided at the rear of its stationary side members withoppositely-facing hooks, an end-gate hinged at its upper edge to saidbody, a latch-bar pivotally mounted on said end-gate with its endsdesigned to engage said hooks, and an unlatching-lever fulcrumed on thebody adjacent one of said ends and designed to contact therewith wherebyto rock said latch-bar out of engagement IIO With said hooks, as and forthe purpose set hooks,

forth.

and an unlatching-lever fulcrumed on said pin or stud and designedtocontact With 2. In a vehicle of the class described, a an end of saidbar, as and for the purpose set tilting body provided at the rear of itssta- 5 tionary side members with oppositely-facing hooks, one of saidhooks having an outwardly-projecting pin or stud, an end-gate hinged atits upper edge to said body intermediate the Vertical planes of saidhooks, a 10 latch-bar pivotally mounted on said endgate With its endsdesigned to engage said forth.

, In testimony whereof I have signed this specification 1n the presenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN HOVAS. Witnesses:

FREDERICK S. STITTLZ GRAFTON L. MoG'lLL.

